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2012 phenomenon
The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs according to which cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on 21 December 2012.
The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs according to which cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on 21 December 2012.
Alfred Lawson
Alfred William Lawson (March 24, 1869 – November 29, 1954) was a professional baseball player, manager and league promoter from 1887 through 1916 and went on to play a pioneering role in the US ...
Alfred William Lawson (March 24, 1869 – November 29, 1954) was a professional baseball player, manager and league promoter from 1887 through 1916 and went on to play a pioneering role in the US ...
Alternative theories of quantum evolution
Quantum evolution is the hypothesis that quantum effects can bias the process of mutation towards adaptive genetic variation.
Quantum evolution is the hypothesis that quantum effects can bias the process of mutation towards adaptive genetic variation.
Anti-gravity
Anti-gravity is the idea of creating a place or object that is free from the force of gravity.
Anti-gravity is the idea of creating a place or object that is free from the force of gravity.
Autodynamics
Autodynamics was proposed by Ricardo Carezani in the early 1940s as a replacement for Einstein's theories of special relativity and general relativity.
Autodynamics was proposed by Ricardo Carezani in the early 1940s as a replacement for Einstein's theories of special relativity and general relativity.
Ballotechnics
In chemistry, ballotechnics are a class of materials that undergo a chemical reaction when quickly subjected to extreme pressures.
In chemistry, ballotechnics are a class of materials that undergo a chemical reaction when quickly subjected to extreme pressures.
Blacklight Power
Blacklight Power, Inc. of Cranbury, New Jersey is a company founded by Randell L. Mills who claims to have discovered a new energy source.
Blacklight Power, Inc. of Cranbury, New Jersey is a company founded by Randell L. Mills who claims to have discovered a new energy source.
Bogdanov Affair
The Bogdanov Affair is an academic dispute regarding the legitimacy of a series of theoretical physics papers written by French twins Igor and Grichka Bogdanov.
The Bogdanov Affair is an academic dispute regarding the legitimacy of a series of theoretical physics papers written by French twins Igor and Grichka Bogdanov.
Carl Johan Calleman
Carl Johan Calleman, (born May 15, 1950, Stockholm, Sweden), is a toxicologist as well as an author and speaker on the millenarian New Age interpretation of the Mayan calendar known as Mayanism.
Carl Johan Calleman, (born May 15, 1950, Stockholm, Sweden), is a toxicologist as well as an author and speaker on the millenarian New Age interpretation of the Mayan calendar known as Mayanism.
Cartoon physics
Cartoon physics is a jocular system of laws of physics that supersedes the normal laws, used in animation for humorous effect.
Cartoon physics is a jocular system of laws of physics that supersedes the normal laws, used in animation for humorous effect.
Clean And Environmentally Safe Advanced Reactor
The Clean And Environmentally Safe Advanced Reactor (CAESAR) is a nuclear reactor concept that uses steam as a moderator.
The Clean And Environmentally Safe Advanced Reactor (CAESAR) is a nuclear reactor concept that uses steam as a moderator.
Creationist cosmologies
Creationist cosmologies encompass a variety of theories of young Earth creationists that are designed to support the religious belief of a literal reading of Genesis and that the universe is onl...
Creationist cosmologies encompass a variety of theories of young Earth creationists that are designed to support the religious belief of a literal reading of Genesis and that the universe is onl...
Ed Seykota
Edward Arthur Seykota is a commodities trader, who earned S.B. degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT and Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management, both in 1969.
Edward Arthur Seykota is a commodities trader, who earned S.B. degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT and Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management, both in 1969.
Electrogravitics
Electrogravitics is a failed hypothesis proposed by Thomas Townsend Brown and Brown's subsequent extensive experimentation and demonstrations of the effect.
Electrogravitics is a failed hypothesis proposed by Thomas Townsend Brown and Brown's subsequent extensive experimentation and demonstrations of the effect.
EmDrive
EmDrive (also Relativity Drive) is the name of a spacecraft propulsion system proposed, and reportedly developed, by Roger Shawyer.
EmDrive (also Relativity Drive) is the name of a spacecraft propulsion system proposed, and reportedly developed, by Roger Shawyer.
Gravitational shielding
The term gravitational shielding refers to a hypothetical process of shielding an object from the influence of a gravitational field.
The term gravitational shielding refers to a hypothetical process of shielding an object from the influence of a gravitational field.
Johann Bessler
Johann Ernst Elias Bessler was a German entrepreneur who demonstrated a series of devices that he claimed exhibited perpetual motion.
Johann Ernst Elias Bessler was a German entrepreneur who demonstrated a series of devices that he claimed exhibited perpetual motion.
John Bockris
John O'Mara Bockris (born January 5, 1923) is a Physical Chemist noted for his work in Physical Electrochemistry and Environmental Chemistry.
John O'Mara Bockris (born January 5, 1923) is a Physical Chemist noted for his work in Physical Electrochemistry and Environmental Chemistry.
John Ernst Worrell Keely
John Ernst Worrell Keely (September 3, 1837 – November 18, 1898) was a US inventor from Philadelphia who claimed to have discovered a new motive power which was originally described as "vaporic"...
John Ernst Worrell Keely (September 3, 1837 – November 18, 1898) was a US inventor from Philadelphia who claimed to have discovered a new motive power which was originally described as "vaporic"...
Kauko Armas Nieminen
Kauko Armas Nieminen (born 15 February 1929 in Kuopio, Finland) is a Finnish self-taught physicist.
Kauko Armas Nieminen (born 15 February 1929 in Kuopio, Finland) is a Finnish self-taught physicist.
Magnet therapy
Magnet therapy, magnetic therapy, or magnotherapy is an alternative medicine practice involving the use of static magnetic fields.
Magnet therapy, magnetic therapy, or magnotherapy is an alternative medicine practice involving the use of static magnetic fields.
Magnetic water treatment
Magnetic water treatment is a marketed, but scientifically refuted pseudoscientific method of reducing the effects of hard water, as a non chemical alternative to water softening.
Magnetic water treatment is a marketed, but scientifically refuted pseudoscientific method of reducing the effects of hard water, as a non chemical alternative to water softening.
Modern geocentrism
Modern geocentrism is the belief held by some extant groups that Earth is the center of the universe as described by classical geocentric models.
Modern geocentrism is the belief held by some extant groups that Earth is the center of the universe as described by classical geocentric models.
National Institute for Discovery Science
The National Institute for Discovery Science was a privately financed research organization based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The National Institute for Discovery Science was a privately financed research organization based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Non-standard cosmology
A non-standard cosmology is any physical cosmological model of the universe that has been, or still is, proposed as an alternative to the Big Bang model of standard physical cosmology.
A non-standard cosmology is any physical cosmological model of the universe that has been, or still is, proposed as an alternative to the Big Bang model of standard physical cosmology.
Omega Point
Omega Point is a term coined by the French Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to describe a maximum level of complexity and consciousness towards which he believed the universe was evolving.
Omega Point is a term coined by the French Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to describe a maximum level of complexity and consciousness towards which he believed the universe was evolving.
Progress in Physics
Progress in Physics is a alternative American scientific journal, publishing papers in theoretical and experimental physics, including related themes from mathematics.
Progress in Physics is a alternative American scientific journal, publishing papers in theoretical and experimental physics, including related themes from mathematics.
Pseudophysics
Pseudoscience is a claim, belief, or practice which is presented as scientific, but which does not adhere to a valid scientific method, lacks supporting evidence or plausibility, cannot be relia...
Pseudoscience is a claim, belief, or practice which is presented as scientific, but which does not adhere to a valid scientific method, lacks supporting evidence or plausibility, cannot be relia...
Quantum evolution (alternative)
Quantum evolution is the hypothesis that quantum effects can bias the process of mutation towards adaptive genetic variation.
Quantum evolution is the hypothesis that quantum effects can bias the process of mutation towards adaptive genetic variation.
Reactionless drive
A reactionless drive is a fictional or theorized method of propulsion where thrust is generated without any need for any outside force or net momentum exchange to produce linear motion.
A reactionless drive is a fictional or theorized method of propulsion where thrust is generated without any need for any outside force or net momentum exchange to produce linear motion.
Red mercury
Red mercury is a 19th-century term for protiodide or iodide of mercury.
Red mercury is a 19th-century term for protiodide or iodide of mercury.
Richard C. Hoagland
Richard Charles Hoagland, is an American author, and a proponent of various conspiracy theories about NASA, lost alien civilizations on the Moon and on Mars and other related topics.
Richard Charles Hoagland, is an American author, and a proponent of various conspiracy theories about NASA, lost alien civilizations on the Moon and on Mars and other related topics.
Shrink ray
In science fiction, a shrink ray is any device which uses energy to reduce the physical size of matter.
In science fiction, a shrink ray is any device which uses energy to reduce the physical size of matter.
Thomas Townsend Brown
Thomas Townsend Brown (March 18, 1905 – October 22, 1985) was an American physicist.
Thomas Townsend Brown (March 18, 1905 – October 22, 1985) was an American physicist.
Thomas Warren Campbell
Thomas Warren Campbell, Jr. (December 9, 1944 - ), physicis, is the author of the book trilogy My Big TOE.
Thomas Warren Campbell, Jr. (December 9, 1944 - ), physicis, is the author of the book trilogy My Big TOE.
TM-Sidhi program
The TM-Sidhi program is a form of meditation introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1975.
The TM-Sidhi program is a form of meditation introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1975.
Torsion field (pseudoscience)
A torsion field is a pseudoscientific theory of energy in which the quantum spin of particles can be used to cause emanations lacking mass and energy to carry information through a vacuum at one...
A torsion field is a pseudoscientific theory of energy in which the quantum spin of particles can be used to cause emanations lacking mass and energy to carry information through a vacuum at one...
Welteislehre
Welteislehre (World Ice Theory), also known as Glazial-Kosmogonie (Glacial Cosmogony) is a cosmological theory proposed by Hans Hörbiger, an Austrian engineer and inventor.
Welteislehre (World Ice Theory), also known as Glazial-Kosmogonie (Glacial Cosmogony) is a cosmological theory proposed by Hans Hörbiger, an Austrian engineer and inventor.